Maurice C. Simmons is a native of Washington, D. C. and is a lifelong United Methodist. He was raised in the Baltimore-Washington Conference where he was active in Youth Ministry at the local church, district and Conference level throughout his high school years. He has been a member of Tindley Temple United Methodist Church in Philadelphia for the past twenty years, where he has held several positions of leadership as well as serving on the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry for 14 years, 12 as Vice Chairperson. Mr. Simmons is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Transformation Team (CTT) which supports congregational ministry throughout the Conference.
His professional career has been focused on sales and marketing management. He has held management positions with Procter & Gamble, Johnson and Johnson and Weblink Wireless. He has been an independent insurance agent representing several companies in the life and health field including AFLAC, Genworth Financial, Mutual of Omaha and John Hancock.
Mr. Simmons is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in Economics and completed the Urban Studies Program. He also has earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Entrepreneurial Management. He resides in Philadelphia, PA with his wife Vicki Baker and their two sons.